{"id":57264,"date":"2018-03-26T01:08:19","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T06:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=57264"},"modified":"2018-03-26T01:14:47","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T06:14:47","slug":"3-24-wwe-in-trenton-n-j-strowman-partner-advertised-fired-ko-sami-appear-anyway-new-day-get-styles-to-gyrate-and-twerk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/03\/26\/3-24-wwe-in-trenton-n-j-strowman-partner-advertised-fired-ko-sami-appear-anyway-new-day-get-styles-to-gyrate-and-twerk\/","title":{"rendered":"3\/24 WWE in Trenton, N.J.: Strowman partner advertised, fired KO &#038; Sami appear anyway, New Day get Styles to gyrate and twerk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2918266911\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><h3>WWE LIVE EVENT REPORT<br \/>\nMARCH 24, 2018<br \/>\nTRENTON, N.J. AT CURE INSURANCE ARENA<br \/>\nREPORT BY JONNY LANG, PWTORCH CORRESPONDENT<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Please send results of live events you attend to <a href=\"mailto:pwtorch@pwtorch.com\">pwtorch@pwtorch.com<\/a>. Thank you! Also, please include any photos you take of either the arena setting, entrance stage, and clear pictures of wrestlers on way to ring or inside the ring.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Attendance, maybe 70 percent \u00a0full at the most<\/p>\n<p>My girlfriend and I sat fourth\u00a0row from ringside.\u00a0 There were a lot of young kids in attendance, including a large group of girls sitting a couple rows in front of us wearing Bayley shirts with a big sign that said \u201cBest 9th\u00a0Birthday Ever!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(1) Bobby Roode beat Jinder Mahal.\u00a0Bobby got a nice \u201cfirst babyface of the night\u201d pop, and fans sang along to Glorious.\u00a0 Jinder got lots of heel heat (including some embarrassing &#8220;USA&#8221; chants).\u00a0 Bobby won with a Glorious DDT.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Sin Cara &amp; The Ascension beat Mike Kanellis &amp; Mojo Rawley &amp; \u00a0Primo of the Col\u00f3ns.\u00a0Some fans seemed surprised to see Mike Kanellis.\u00a0 The guy in front of me told me he thought Kanellis was no longer with WWE since he\u2019s been off TV for so long.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t realize The Ascension were babyface now.\u00a0 Sin Cara pinned Primo with a Swanton.<\/p>\n<p>(3) Usos beat The Bludgeon Brothers via DQ to retain the WWE Raw Tag Team Titles.\u00a0Usos were very over.\u00a0 Lots of cheers and goodwill towards them from the fans.\u00a0 Eventually Rowan picked up the ringside steps and used them as a weapon, which made the ref call for the DQ.\u00a0 After the match the Bludgeon Brothers beat down the Usos and left.<\/p>\n<p>Next was arguably the most interesting and \u201cnewsworthy\u201d segment of the night.\u00a0 Byron Saxton was in the center of the ring about to do a merchandise promotion when out of the crowd ran Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn.\u00a0 The two were wearing street clothes and received an initial massive pop that quickly turned to heel heat, boos, and chants of \u201cYou\u2019re still fired!\u201d\u00a0 They scared Byron off, and Sami grabbed the mic and started to talk about the angle on Smackdown while KO filmed him on his cellphone.\u00a0 The audience reaction was so loud that from where I was sitting it was hard to hear what Sami was saying.\u00a0 Then Shinsuke Nakamura\u2019s entrance theme played, which resulted in Sami and KO bolting from the ring and through the audience.\u00a0 I was standing near the isle and was nearly bowled over by the two as they ran right past me, which I have to admit was actually a cool moment.\u00a0 This house show was heavily advertised as having a match between Styles, Sami, and Kevin Owens.\u00a0 Due to the angle on Smackdown, we knew that would likely not happen, so we were curious to see how WWE would give us an advertised Sami and KO appearance despite the angle.\u00a0 Even though the two didn\u2019t actually wrestle, the crowd was excited to see them and I felt were \u201csatisfied\u201d even though the advertised match never took place.<\/p>\n<p>(4) Shinsuke Nakamura beat Baron Corbin.\u00a0Shinsuke received the second biggest pop of the night here.\u00a0 Crowd sang along to his music even after it stopped playing.\u00a0 This was the first time I have seen Shinsuke in person and he exudes so much energy and charisma that I felt I had just drank a cup of coffee after watching his entrance.\u00a0 The match was about what you would expect, with Nakamura relying on all his signature bits.\u00a0 Nak won with the Kinshasa and then spent a lot of time slapping hands and taking pictures with all the fans around ringside, which was really cool to see.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3367226636\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>*Intermission*<\/p>\n<p>(5) Tyler Breeze (w\/Fandango) beat Tye Dillinger.\u00a0Comedy match.\u00a0 There was a brief \u201cFashion Files\u201d segment that played prior to Tyler Breeze\u2019s entrance, which I assume gets played at every Smackdown House Show.\u00a0 Even though there were chants of \u201cTen!\u201d for Dillinger, it seemed the crowd was more into the comedy antics of Breezango.\u00a0 There was a spot where Dillinger, the babyface, tried calling a time out during the match.\u00a0 That didn\u2019t seem very babyface, and Breeze then proceeded to chase him around the ring.\u00a0 Another spot had Breeze laying on the mat and slowly rolling out of the way of each of Dillinger\u2019s attempts to do a move off the Top Turnbuckle.\u00a0 Eventually Tyler Breeze won, and there was a post-match moment of Tye Dillinger joining in and dancing with Breezango.<\/p>\n<p>(6) Naomi &amp; Becky Lynch beat Natalia (w\/Lana) &amp; Carmela.\u00a0Really nice reactions for the women.\u00a0 I got the sense that most of the audience was really excited to see some women\u2019s wrestling by this point in the show.\u00a0 It was awesome seeing how passionate the younger fans are for the women too.\u00a0 The Bayley fans in front of us were freaking out and Becky Lynch wished Happy Birthday to the girl holding up the sign.\u00a0 We didn\u2019t know why Lana was with Natalia, as they are portrayed as \u201cfrenemies\u201d on Total Divas.\u00a0 Becky and Natalia had some good chemistry in the ring.\u00a0 Carmela played the chicken-heel role.\u00a0 Ultimately Naomi landed the rearview on Carmela for the win.<\/p>\n<p>Next they played an advertisement for an upcoming WWE show at MSG in July.\u00a0 The only reason I mention this is because they advertised that Braun Stroman would be tag-teaming with Elias during that show, which could be foreshadowing what we might see coming up on WWE Television.<\/p>\n<p>(7) A.J. Styles &amp; The New Day beat Rusev &amp; Aiden English &amp; Shelton Benjamin &amp; Chad Gable.\u00a0This seemed like a way to give us Styles, while at the same time keeping him out of the ring until the very end when he gets tagged in just to do a couple of his signature moves and get the pin.\u00a0 This crowd was WAY into Styles.\u00a0 Definitely the biggest pop of the night and seemed like the most over wrestler on the brand.\u00a0 However, this crowd was also very into Rusev (who made his entrance first, sung to the ring by Aiden English).\u00a0 Lots of &#8220;Rusev Day&#8221; chants\u00a0 (my girlfriend was wearing a Rusev Day shirt and felt she had to split her allegiance between Rusev and A.J. in this match).\u00a0 Clearly the fans looked at Rusev as a babyface even though he was being booked on the heel side.\u00a0 WWE really needs to clear this up because fans want to cheer Rusev without feeling guilty for not supporting the babyface. In the end, Styles\u00a0pinned English after the Phenomenal Forearm.<\/p>\n<p>After the match, The New Day did their dances, twerks, and gyrations to an amused crowd.\u00a0 They begged Styles to dance with them, and after much chanting and goading from the fans, Styles actually started to gyrate and twerk too.\u00a0 It was funny, but a little unbecoming of the champ, who is a more serious act.<\/p>\n<p>FINAL THOUGHTS: We don\u2019t go to live events too often, so we had a great time here even though the matches were average and filled with lots of comedy spots.\u00a0 The fans at large seemed to have a great time too and were sent home happy.\u00a0 My girlfriend and I really enjoyed ourselves and the seats we had.\u00a0 It was a lot of fun, and we would definitely do it again.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Please send results of live events you attend to <a href=\"mailto:pwtorch@pwtorch.com\">pwtorch@pwtorch.com<\/a>. Thank you! Also, please include any photos you take of either the arena setting, entrance stage, and clear pictures of wrestlers on way to ring or inside the ring.<\/em><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3542360604\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT THIS RECENT REPORT:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/03\/23\/3-19-wwe-in-cedar-lake-tex-owens-sami-vs-orton-nakamura-charlotte-vs-ruby-riott-usos-vs-rusev-day-and-benjamin-gable\/\">3\/19 WWE in Cedar Lake, Tex.: Owens &amp; Sami vs. Orton &amp; Nakamura, Charlotte vs. Ruby Riott, Usos vs. Rusev Day and Benjamin &amp; Gable<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1174260133\"><div id=\"pwtor-492701668\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE LIVE EVENT REPORT MARCH 24, 2018 TRENTON, N.J. 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